Maintaining the balance between one's understanding of the humanity and deity of Christ is more than just a math equation (100% man + 100% God=Jesus). It involves understanding the preexistance of the Second Person of the Trinity, the process by which He "took on" humanity and so many other issues. But one issues that often …
Author: Steve
I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges.
Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
1 Timothy 5:17-25 Small Group Questions
I'm trying a new format for the questions; let me know if it is helpful. 1 Timothy 5:17-25 When is it hard for you to submit to those in authority over you? What does this reveal about your personality? What does this reveal about what/who you trust? Encounter—read God’s Word to get to know Him …
Divine Sovereignty–The Fuel of Death-Defying Missions
Reaching the unreached–because God is sovereign! This is one of the best theological and motivating sermons on the priority of responding to the sovereignty of God in reaching the lost I've ever heard. Awesome truth, truly convicting! Watch it Listen to it Read the abridgment but by all mean let us respond to it. Listen …
Helping those struggling
Recently I was asked for suggestion from a man who was trying to help other men who were struggling with purity issues. I thought I would share my response–with some editing. _____________ Let me start with the underlining question about your friends. The reality is that there is no short-cut to intimacy with God. The …
1 Timothy 5:1-16 Small Group Questions
This passage in some ways encourages a church to function like a family. 1. Is your family “close” or more emotionally distant? How do you normally greet family members you have not seen for a while—verbal greeting, hand shake, huge, kiss? 2. Do you have non-relative that, because of connection to other family members (i.e. …
Visual Theology
Too often doctrine and theology are taught in a boring way rather than as a means of encountering God. And too often, theology is taught in such a way that the details obscure the key points. So I am grateful for people who can take the deep things of God and make them understandable. While …
1 Timothy 4:1-16 Small Group Questions
This passage has two main thoughts–first related to false teacher, the second gives a series of commands for Timothy. As you discuss the first section realize that the passage does not answer some of the questions we wish it had answered. And, while this is a passage that deals with theological issues, the real challenge …